A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart ...

An elderly man in Japan developed a fatal bacterial infection after taking a probiotic as part of his treatment for severe COVID-19. The unidentified patient was first brought to the emergency room ...

Researchers have revealed how a common bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), releases lactic acid to acidify its surroundings and suppress the immune-cell signal needed to start a proper ...

Microbiologist holds a petri dish growing bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, one species that can become resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile —commonly known as C. diff —are a serious and persistent problem for patients and ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cases of a severe type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease have been on the rise in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood ...

The odor and discharge are strongly suggestive of a bacterial sinus infection. COVID infections, like all viral infections, ...

The family of Liam Dahlberg is urging parents to make sure their children are protected against the aggressive illness Go Fund Me Ashlee Dahlberg’s son, Liam, came home from school with a headache; ...

Metabolites in tissue fluid offer important clues that could help predict infection risk among women who undergo breast ...

A routine trip to the nail salon turned into a nightmare for Claudia Ruffin, a 27-year-old Sydney woman who contracted a ...